DIASPORA NEWS

13-year-old lethal striker Telvin Chweya will feature in Nastic Soccer Academy training in Barcelona, Spain starting in September.  Chweya who plays for Nakuru City Academy said he is overjoyed having landed an opportunity to propel his football career in Europe's football academy.  The…

The 5, May State visit of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has elevated Kenya-Germany ties a notch higher with the provision of 250,000 job opportunities.  President Ruto today hosted a bilateral meeting and a joint press conference with Scholz, calling on Germany to lessen immigration barriers…

Nominated senator Gloria Orwoba and Principal Secretary for Diaspora, Roseline Njogu, have hatched a plan for the Diaspora public inclusion in the #EndPeriodPoverty campaign.  The senator lauded their engagement as satisfactory in streamlining a structured channel for dispensing her period…

Political activist Boniface Mwangi has responded to the US Embassy's announcement of an increase in Visa Fees urging legislatures to pass a law that will see the embassies refund 80% of the visa fees if an applicant receives no visa.  On Wednesday, the United States reviewed its visa fees for…

For the first time since 2010, diaspora remittances in the first three months to March declined as inflation hit multi-decade highs in many countries including the US and UK. Kenyans living and working abroad sent home $1.016 billion (Sh137.4 billion) in the first quarter of the year compared to $1…

The family of Kenyan woman Brenda Akinyi Ochola has disputed claims that she was killed in Malaysia over her involvement in drug trafficking. Through a statement, the family said Akinyi fell ill on April 15th and was admitted to a hospital in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur where she passed away…

Former Kenya rugby star Lucas Onyango is a proud father after his son Aymen Onyango joined the prestigious Manchester City Academy. An elated Onyango took to Twitter recently to announce that Aymen, 8, had signed for Manchester City’s U9 team, attributing this to hard work.  "Our son Aymen…

The family of a Kenyan woman who is languishing in a Saudi Arabian jail is appealing for the government’s assistance to secure her freedom. Paulina Wanjiru Ndung’u, 45, was reportedly sentenced to 17 years in jail in 2019 for attempted murder after she was accused of trying to poison her employer’s…

The family and colleagues of a 20-year-old Kenyan middle-distance runner who died in Japan earlier this month are appealing for help to repatriate her body for burial. Cynthia Wanjiku Mbaire from Njoro, Nakuru County passed away while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Japan on April 14th, and…

29 Kenyan students who were stranded in Sudan amid the ongoing fighting between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been evacuated. Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua on Monday said the students crossed into Ethiopia, where they would fly to Addis…